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G. H. THOMPSON.

I WINDOW SHUTTER. No. 352,588.

tented Nov. 16 1886. 21 9 ull lll IIHII WITNESSES INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATE T OFFIC GEORGE H. THOMPSON, OF FROSTBURG, MARYLAND.

WINDOW-SHUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,588, dated November 16, 1886.

Annlicalion filed March .27, 1886.

To all w7z0m, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Frostburg,in the county of Alleghan y and State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Window-Shutters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to those shuttersused upon the interior sides of win- (lows in dwellings, halls, &c., and are used for the purpose of regulating the admission of light thereto.

The object of my invention is to furnish a less expensive shutter, and at the same time one that is as convenient, neat, and durable as those heretofore in use. 1 attain these objects by the mode of construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a front View of the interior side of a window, with the shutter-doors A and the window-casing- B; and Fig. 2, a representation of a door, showing the edge and side and the application of the plugs O and pins D.

The oldstyle shutter-dooi cousists ofa frame made to the size required fora door,having its corners joined by a mortise and tenon and its inner edges grooved, into which is set a panel. This mode of construction requires much time andlabor, and consequeutlyentails so much expense as to prevent their general use. In making shutter-doors I avoid this cost-1y construction by dispensing with the frame-work in the doors, and, instead, making doors in imitation of the frame and panel in the following manner: Upon the opposite faces, near the edges of a plain board, or upon the faces of a section composed of two or more plain boards united face to face, I cut one or more grooves or beads, E, parallel with the edges, and of such a distance from them as will make the space between the edges and Serial No. 196,849. (No model.)

grooves to conform in width to imitate aframe proportional to the size of the door. The central portion of the surface will imitate a panel, 4 5 and this part of the board may be fluted or worked in various styles.

\Vhen thedoors are of a single piece, they are prevented from warping by having their ends plowed from edge to edge, to which are '50 fitted the wood plugs 0, Fig.2, with the grain of the wood running contrariwise to the grain of the wood in the door, while they are. interniediately supported by the pins D, driven transversely into their edges.

The plugs and pins can be dispensed with when the doors are composed of two or more boards united with glue or cement, as this manner ofconstruction will also prevent warping.

What I claim is v 1. A shutter-section formed from a single piece of lumber, having its faces worked with grooves and beads to imitate a frame and panel, substantially as set forth.

2. A shutter-section formed from a single piece of lumber, having its faces worked with grooves and beads to imitate a frame and panel, and having the plugs O fitted to the ends of the section, for the purpose set forth.

3. A shutter-section formed from a single piece of lumber, having its faces worked with grooves and beads to imitate a frame and panel, and having the pins D, for the purpose set forth.

4. A shutter-section composed of two or more thin boards united face to face, and having its opposite faces grooved and beaded to imitate a frame and panel, substantially for the purpose set forth.

GEO. H. THOMPSON. \Vitnesses:

THOs. I. GRAHAME, GEO. A. WINGERT. 

